Narrator: Curator Isabella Lores-Chavez: 

Isabella Lores-Chavez: This portrait by Rembrandt may be my very favorite Dutch painting in the collection - and it's a really special one. Rembrandt became a very, very successful painter in Amsterdam, but this painting comes from a moment before he's become really famous. 

Narrator: By the early 17th century, portraits were no longer reserved only for royalty or aristocracy. This man, Joris de Caullery, was an innkeeper. 

Isabella Lores-Chavez: He's dressed in the yellow tunic of an officer because he served on his city's volunteer militia, and he's got a sword, attached to a kind of sash. He's got this piece of armor around his neck and he's holding a musket. So here is a man who is really trying to fashion himself as a respectable citizen, asking to be painted by a very young man who's at the outset of his career. 

Narrator: The young artist is already incredibly accomplished at capturing a sense of character and individuality. 

Isabella Lores-Chavez: Rembrandt manipulates light so subtly to give us a sense of really standing in front of a real person - Joris’s eyes, I find totally captivating. This pose with the elbow jutting out, it's a typical 17th century pose that conveys confidence, that conveys self-assurance, and it's also very cleverly a way for Rembrandt to create an illusion of three dimensions. 

Joris will go on to have a naval career actually, but at this point, he's this innkeeper who really wants to show off his civic duty. And Rembrandt is really hustling - he's really at the beginning of his career, saying yes to everything and making a name for himself.